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Howard 256 restoration
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I finished recapping the radio and found that it is indeed working. A little aligning and I can pull in the one AM station that is local with a 30' antenna and my SSTran broadcast is solid. Interestingly, the band switch which has 3 positions for two bands does work. Left is SW, center is dead and right is BC. I don't know if they designed it that way or it was a replacement switch at some point.

[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mezktn7gvpw9ls....JPG?raw=1]

The dial was a little different than others I've seen. Its a curved glass cover over a flat plastic dial face with a rubber gasket around the glass dial. The plastic dial face fits against the rubber gasket. Of course the old rubber was toast and fortunately I had a new strip of gasket in the parts drawer I could use.

[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mlw6s0gf2yqzpt....JPG?raw=1]
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9k1mjjiatqa88c....JPG?raw=1]

Now its on to the cabinet...
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Howard 256 restoration - by klondike98 - 05-10-2023, 01:14 PM
RE: Howard 256 restoration - by radiorich - 05-10-2023, 07:33 PM
RE: Howard 256 restoration - by radiorich - 05-10-2023, 07:35 PM
RE: Howard 256 restoration - by klondike98 - 05-10-2023, 09:08 PM
RE: Howard 256 restoration - by radiorich - 05-10-2023, 10:07 PM
RE: Howard 256 restoration - by klondike98 - 05-12-2023, 08:39 PM
RE: Howard 256 restoration - by klondike98 - 05-22-2023, 07:24 PM
RE: Howard 256 restoration - by GarySP - 05-22-2023, 08:20 PM
RE: Howard 256 restoration - by DaleHCook - 05-22-2023, 09:27 PM
RE: Howard 256 restoration - by klondike98 - 05-22-2023, 09:57 PM
RE: Howard 256 restoration - by klondike98 - 06-12-2023, 07:38 PM
RE: Howard 256 restoration - by radiorich - 06-12-2023, 08:56 PM
RE: Howard 256 restoration - by radiorich - 06-12-2023, 08:59 PM
RE: Howard 256 restoration - by Paul Philco322 - 06-12-2023, 09:41 PM
462ron - by 462ron - 06-13-2023, 08:40 AM
RE: Howard 256 restoration - by morzh - 06-13-2023, 10:47 AM
RE: Howard 256 restoration - by klondike98 - 06-13-2023, 06:18 PM
RE: Howard 256 restoration - by GarySP - 06-14-2023, 08:55 PM



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